Safety-razor-blade holder



E. EACH AND J. STUART.

SAFETY RAZOR BLADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-1,1921.

1,418,352. Immune 6,1922.

Emmann 3 I ijames fitwa/z S FFTES SAFETY-RAZOR-BLADE HOLDER.

release.

Application filed August 1, 1921.-

To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

lie it known that we, EMMANN EACH and JAMES STUART, citizens of theUnited States, residing at lVoonsocket, in the county of Providence andState of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razor-Blade Holders, of.

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a razor-blade knife, consisting of a novelform of knifehandle or holder, by which any standard type ofsafety-razor blade may be held, the device being suitable for manydomestic purposes, such as ripping or cutting cloth, seams, paper, orcorns, or for lighthousehold work requiring a keen sharp blade.

Since the advent of the safety-razor, the discarded blades have met withwide favour for use in ripping seams, cutting corns, etc, by persons whoare in the habit of holding the naked blade in their fingers; but, whenthe blade is so held, there is danger of slipping of the fingers andcutting the fingers. Our device, presenting a novel form of handle orholder for the blade, enables the blades to be used without danger ofcutting the ope 'ators fingers.

The object, therefore, of our invention is to provide a device of thecharacter specified which will be simple and practical in constructionand thoroughly efficient in operation.

With this object in view, the invention resides, broadly stated, in asafety razor-blade holder having a socket for the reception of theblade, and means removably disposed in said socket for frictionallyretaining a blade therein against accidental displacement.

The accompanying drawing clearly discloses the preferred form ofembodiment of our invention it being understood that various changes maybe made, especially in detail, within the scope of the appended claims,without departing from the spirit of the invention, or necessarilysacrificing any of its advantages. Briefly described:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of the device of our invention;

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation thereof;

Figure 3 a view in bottom plan thereof;

Figure l is a transverse sectional view, on

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1922.

Serial No. 488,847.

the line 4= i-, Fig. 1, looking in the direc tion of the arrows; andFigure isa de tached, detail view, inside elevation, of one of theleaf-springs for frictionally holding the blade in position.

Referring, now, in detail, to the drawing:

1 designates, generally, the body of the blade-holder, which may beformed of any suitable material,-a suitable material, for the purpose,being the commerical product known as bakelite, from which the body ofthe holder may be moulded. The bladeholder may be of appropriatedimensions, preferably of somewhat greater length, width, and thicknessthan the safety-razor blade to be used. therewith; and it may bedesirably provided with marginal beads 52, 2 on-it two faces, extendingaround the top and two sides thereof, and may, also, be

knurled on its two faces, as shown at '3, 3, to

prevent slipping of the fingers of the operator in the manipulation ofthe device, and may, furthermore, be beveled at the lower end of the twosides or faces, as shown at 4. l.

The holder or body portion 1 is provided with a socket 5, extending fromthe beveled bottom of the holder and of a width suitable for theconvenient insertion therein of a safety razor-blade A. As shown, thesocket is of less length than the body portion 1 of the holder, so thatit terminates short of the sides thereof, and also terminates, at itsupper portion, short of the top of the body portion 1. Appropriately,the socket 5 is in the form of a slot, of rectangular outline.

One of the walls of said slot or socket 5 is grooved transversely. .Oneor more of such grooves may be provided, and, in this instance, we haveshown two, identified by the reference-numerals 6, 6, disposed,preferably, toward the ends of the slot 5. But, while we have shown suchgrooves as being disposed both in one wall of the slot 5, it is obviousthat one thereof may be disposed in one of such walls and the otherthereof in the opposite wall; or such grooves may be formed in bothwalls of the slot 5, in such case the grooves in one wall beingadvantageously staggered with reference to the grooves in the otherwall.

Each of said grooves 6 is provided, at its inner end, with an offset orlateral portion 7.

Adapted to be removably disposed in said grooves 6 arelongitudinally-curvilinear leafsprings 8, each having a lateral toe 9adapted to seat in the offset portion 7 of the groove 6 in which thespring is disposed, and thus hold the spring against displacement oraccidental removal from the body portion 1.

In use, a safety razor-blade A is slid into the socket or slot 5, thesprings 8 being thereby flexed and frictionally holding such bladeagainst accidental displacement or removal from the slot 5. The holder 1may then be conveniently used by the operator, the device, as anentirety, functioning as a knife, in which the knife-blade A isremovably disposed in the holder or handle portion 1, and in which suchblade is frictionally held against displacement or accidental removal.The device is practical and economical from a manufacturing standpoint,being composed of few parts, easily and quickly assembled.

lVhile we have shown the use of two springs as being preferable, it isto be under stood that, obviously, one spring, of greater length thanthat shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, may be used; and, in such case, onelong groove 6 instead of two grooves, would be utilized. ther changeswill readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which ourinvention pertains.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A safety-razor blade holder, comprising a body portion having a slot,one of the walls thereof being transversely grooved, and a leaf-springremovably disposed in said groove for frictionally holding asafety-razor blade against unintentional removal from said slot.

2. A safety-razor blade holder, comprising a body portion having a slothaving, at its inner end, a lateral offset portion, and a leaf-springremovably disposed in said slot and having a lateral toe seating in saidlateral offset portion of the slot, said spring functioning to hold asafety razor-blade within said slot against unintentional re movaltherefrom.

3. A safety-razor blade holder, comprising a body portion having a slot,one of the walls thereof being transversely grooved, and said grooveterminating, at its inner end, in an offset portion, and alongitudinally curvilinear leaf-spring removably disposed in said grooveand having a lateral toe seating in said offset portion of the groove,said spring functioning to hold a safety razorblade within said slotagainst unintentional removal therefrom.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures.

EMMANN EACH. JAMES STUART.

